- airstream mechanism
- airstream mechanism nounThe part(s) of the body, eg the lungs, which can produce a flow of air on which speech sounds, etc may be produced• • •Main Entry: ↑air
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Airstream mechanism — In phonetics, the airstream mechanism is the method by which airflow is created in the vocal tract. Along with phonation, it is one of two mandatory aspects of sound production; without these, there can be no speech sound. The organ generating… … Wikipedia
phonetics — /feuh net iks, foh /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription. Cf. acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics,… … Universalium
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Implosive consonant — Implosive consonants are stops (rarely affricates) with a mixed glottalic ingressive and pulmonic egressive airstream mechanism. Phonetics for communication disorders. Martin J. Ball and Nicole Müller. Routledge, 2005.] That is, the airstream is… … Wikipedia
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Stop consonant — A stop, plosive, or occlusive is a consonant sound produced by stopping the airflow in the vocal tract. The terms plosive and stop are usually used interchangeably, but they are not perfect synonyms. Plosives are stops with a pulmonic egressive… … Wikipedia
Plosive — Occlusive redirects here. For occlusion in dentistry, see Occlusion (dentistry). Manners of articulation Obstruent Plosive (occlusive) Affricate Fricative Sibilant Sonorant Nasal … Wikipedia
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Contour (linguistics) — In phonetics, contour describes speech sounds which behave as single segments, but which make an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another. These sounds may be tones, vowels, or consonants. Many tone languages have contour … Wikipedia
